


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
581 FOUS52 KCAE 151106 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025 SCZ027-152000- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 71 94 74 91 Temp 72 81 87 88 83 76 74 71 73 85 92 94 88 80 78 75 75 83 89 90 85 Dewpt 66 67 66 65 68 67 67 67 68 71 72 71 71 72 69 68 67 70 71 71 70 RH 81 63 50 47 61 74 79 87 84 63 52 47 57 77 74 79 76 65 56 54 61 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W Wind spd 3 5 10 10 5 4 4 4 4 5 8 9 5 4 3 4 6 10 12 12 9 Wind gust 20 17 23 25 Clouds FW CL FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 5 5 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Heat index 83 89 90 86 90100101 94 84 87 95 96 90 Max heat 89 90 100 101 89 95 97 Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 90 66 91 67 89 68 89 Temp 74 69 87 83 71 70 88 84 70 69 87 84 71 70 87 82 Dewpt 67 66 66 67 65 64 65 67 67 63 66 68 66 67 70 69 PWind dir W W NW W NE E SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 5 10 5 10 10 40 Rain shwrs S C Tstms C $$ SCZ028-152000- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 70 94 74 91 Temp 72 81 87 88 83 76 74 70 73 84 92 94 88 81 79 76 75 83 88 90 85 Dewpt 66 66 64 64 66 67 67 67 68 71 71 70 70 71 68 68 66 69 70 70 70 RH 81 60 46 45 57 74 79 90 84 65 51 46 55 72 69 76 74 63 55 52 61 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W Wind spd 3 5 9 10 4 3 3 3 3 5 6 9 5 3 3 3 5 9 11 11 8 Wind gust 19 20 14 16 19 23 25 18 Clouds SC CL FW SC FW FW SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 5 5 0 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Heat index 83 88 89 85 89 99100 93 85 87 93 96 90 Max heat 88 90 99 100 88 93 96 Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 89 66 90 67 89 68 88 Temp 73 71 87 83 70 69 88 83 70 69 87 83 71 70 86 82 Dewpt 67 66 64 66 65 63 64 67 66 63 65 66 66 67 69 68 PWind dir W W NW NW NE E SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 5 10 5 10 10 40 Rain shwrs S C Tstms C $$ SCZ031-152000- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 90 70 93 73 91 Temp 72 82 88 89 82 75 73 70 74 85 91 93 87 80 77 74 74 82 89 91 85 Dewpt 67 67 64 65 66 67 68 67 69 71 72 72 71 71 69 68 67 69 70 70 70 RH 84 61 45 45 58 76 84 90 84 63 54 51 59 74 76 82 79 65 54 50 61 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W Wind spd 4 6 10 11 4 3 4 4 5 6 6 9 4 4 3 4 8 11 12 13 8 Wind gust 14 18 Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 10 0 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Tstms Heat index 85 89 91 84 90 99101 92 84 86 94 96 90 Max heat 89 91 99 101 88 95 97 Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 89 66 90 67 87 67 87 Temp 74 71 87 83 70 69 87 83 70 68 85 81 70 70 85 81 Dewpt 68 66 65 67 65 63 64 67 66 63 65 67 66 67 69 69 PWind dir W W NW NW NW NE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 5 10 5 10 5 40 Rain shwrs S C Tstms C $$ SCZ136-152000- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 69 93 72 91 Temp 71 81 87 89 82 75 72 69 71 83 91 93 86 79 75 73 73 82 88 90 85 Dewpt 67 65 64 64 66 66 67 67 68 71 71 70 71 71 69 68 66 67 68 68 69 RH 87 58 46 44 58 74 84 93 90 67 52 47 61 77 82 84 79 61 52 49 59 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W Wind spd 5 9 11 11 5 4 5 5 6 9 9 10 5 4 4 4 9 10 13 14 9 Wind gust 21 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 5 5 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 83 88 90 84 88 98 99 91 85 92 94 89 Max heat 88 90 98 99 86 92 94 Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 88 66 90 67 89 67 88 Temp 73 70 86 82 70 69 88 83 70 69 87 82 70 70 86 81 Dewpt 68 67 64 66 65 65 64 67 67 66 65 67 67 67 68 68 PWind dir W W NW NW E E SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 5 10 5 10 5 30 Rain shwrs C Tstms C $$ GAZ065-152000- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 91 67 94 70 91 Temp 70 80 87 89 83 74 72 67 72 84 93 94 86 77 74 71 73 82 88 90 84 Dewpt 66 67 66 67 68 67 67 67 69 72 71 69 70 69 68 67 66 68 68 67 68 RH 87 65 50 48 61 79 84100 90 67 49 44 59 76 82 87 79 63 52 47 59 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W Wind spd 5 8 10 11 5 4 3 4 4 8 9 10 5 4 3 4 8 10 13 14 9 Wind gust 21 Clouds FW FW SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 82 89 92 86 90100 99 91 85 92 93 87 Max heat 89 92 100 99 87 92 94 Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 89 65 92 65 91 67 90 Temp 71 70 87 82 68 70 89 84 69 69 89 84 70 70 88 83 Dewpt 68 66 63 65 65 66 65 67 67 66 65 67 67 68 67 67 PWind dir W W W NW N E SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 5 10 5 10 5 30 Rain shwrs S C Tstms C $$ GAZ065-152000- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 72 93 73 90 Temp 71 79 86 88 84 79 76 72 71 83 90 93 88 80 77 75 73 80 87 89 85 Dewpt 65 65 65 65 66 67 67 68 68 70 70 68 68 69 67 66 65 68 67 67 67 RH 81 62 50 47 55 67 74 87 90 65 52 44 52 69 71 74 76 67 52 48 55 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W Wind spd 6 8 10 9 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 9 5 4 4 5 8 10 11 11 8 Wind gust 19 21 21 Clouds FW FW SC SC FW SC FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Heat index 88 90 86 87 96 97 92 83 83 90 92 88 Max heat 88 90 84 96 97 87 90 92 Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 70 88 69 91 69 90 71 89 Temp 75 70 86 84 73 70 88 85 73 70 87 85 73 72 87 84 Dewpt 67 66 62 62 65 65 64 65 66 66 65 65 66 67 66 66 PWind dir W W W NW N E SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 5 10 5 10 10 30 Rain shwrs S C Tstms C $$ SCZ116-152000- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 69 91 72 88 Temp 69 80 85 86 79 72 70 69 72 84 90 91 83 78 76 72 73 80 86 87 81 Dewpt 67 68 66 66 67 67 67 66 69 71 70 70 70 70 69 68 69 69 69 68 67 RH 93 67 53 51 67 84 90 90 90 65 52 50 65 76 79 87 87 69 57 53 63 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W Wind spd 1 5 10 9 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 6 3 3 2 3 8 10 13 12 6 Wind gust 12 13 20 23 17 Clouds SC FW SC SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 5 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Heat index 83 87 88 89 96 97 87 83 90 91 83 Max heat 87 88 96 97 87 90 91 Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 86 63 87 64 84 65 83 Temp 69 68 84 79 66 65 85 80 66 65 82 77 67 67 81 77 Dewpt 63 64 62 64 62 62 63 66 63 61 62 65 63 64 67 67 PWind dir W W NW NW NE E SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 20 5 10 5 10 10 40 Rain shwrs S C Tstms C $$ SCZ020-152000- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 69 91 71 88 Temp 69 79 85 85 81 74 72 69 72 83 90 91 84 77 75 73 72 80 86 88 82 Dewpt 66 67 66 66 68 67 67 67 68 71 72 71 70 70 68 67 67 70 70 69 69 RH 90 67 53 53 65 79 84 93 87 67 56 52 63 79 79 81 84 72 59 54 65 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W Wind spd 5 6 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 9 6 5 4 5 9 11 13 14 9 Wind gust 17 20 19 21 24 25 Clouds FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 0 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Heat index 87 87 83 87 96 97 88 83 91 92 85 Max heat 88 89 97 98 87 91 94 Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 65 86 64 88 65 87 67 85 Temp 71 67 84 80 68 67 86 81 68 67 85 80 70 69 83 79 Dewpt 65 64 64 67 64 63 65 68 66 63 65 68 65 67 68 69 PWind dir W W NW W N E SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 5 10 5 10 10 40 Rain shwrs S C Tstms C $$ SCZ010-152000- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 69 92 70 90 Temp 69 79 84 86 81 74 72 69 71 83 90 92 84 77 74 72 71 81 87 89 83 Dewpt 66 67 67 67 68 67 67 67 69 72 73 70 70 70 68 67 67 71 72 70 70 RH 90 67 57 53 65 79 84 93 93 70 58 49 63 79 82 84 87 72 61 54 65 Wind dir SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW S SW SW SW W W W W Wind spd 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 8 3 4 2 2 5 8 10 9 5 Wind gust 18 18 12 19 21 21 Clouds CL FW SC B1 FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Heat index 87 89 84 88 98 98 88 85 94 94 87 Max heat 87 89 98 98 86 94 95 Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 88 65 89 66 89 68 88 Temp 70 68 86 81 68 67 87 82 69 68 87 83 70 70 86 81 Dewpt 66 66 67 67 65 65 68 69 67 66 68 70 66 68 71 70 PWind dir W W W W N E SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 5 10 5 10 10 30 Rain shwrs C Tstms C $$